Soda-straw holder.



1.. R. HARBECK.

SODA STRAW HOLDER.

APPLICATION men use. 4. 1913.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

JElR-VTS 1R. HARIBECK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINUIS, ASSllG-INOR TO AMERICAN CAN GOMPANY,

OF NEW YORK, It. Y., ACORPQMTION OF NEW JERSEY. v

SODA-STEAW HOLDER.

Speciflcati of Lters Patent.

Application filed December a, 1913. Serial No. 304,574..

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Jarvis R. HARBECK, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful llmprovement in Soda-Straw Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates soda straw holders.

An object of the invention is to provide a sanitary, sheet metal soda straw holder from which'the straws may be readily and conveniently removed one by one as desired and so arranged that the user removes the straws by inserting his fingers or finger and thumb through a recess in the side wall of the holder to grasp the straws.

Another ob ect of the invention is to provide a soda straw holder of the type above indicated in which automatically operating means are provided for keeping the straws adjacent the opening from which they are 1 view taken substantially-on the sheet metal, the edges of removed.

The invention furthermore consists in the improvements in the parts and devices and in the novel combinations of the parts and devices herein shown, described or claimed.

In the drawing forming a part of thi specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of 'a soda straw holder embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical, sectional line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal, sectional view taken substantially on the line of Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the holder with the cover in open position, the latter being shown in section. A

In said drawing the body 10 of the holder is shown as comprised of a single piece of which are united by a lock seam 11 on the r ar side, said body having a straight rear wa l 12, side walls 13 at substantially right angles thereto and angularly disposed front faces 14, the cross sectional shape of the body being more or less plow shaped Z. The sheet metal body is mounted on a sheet metal base tongue and slot connections, as shown in Fig. 2. The height ofthe body is such'that the straws may be placed and held therein in a'vertical position, as indicated'm Flgs. .1v

and 2 and on the front thereof and at the angle formed between the two front faces 14-14.,

to improvements inthe body is provided with a cut-out portion or recess 16 which is narrow atlthe Patented dept. 12, TFTF.

top thereof, as-indicated at 17 and just wide enough to permit a single straw to pass 1 therethrough, said recess being gradually widened downwardly, as indicated at 18 and at the bottom is'provided with an enlarged more or less circular portion 19 through which the user may ,place his fingers or finger and thumb to extract straws. On a cross rod 20 secured to the body member at the rear thereof. is pivotally-mounted a presser plate 21 under the control of a coiled spring mounted on the rod 20. The lower edge 23 tween the front faces 14-14. A cover or.

lid 2% having a depending telescopingflange of the plate 21 is curved, (see Fig. 3)- and,

25 is pivoted to the body at 26, the flange 1 25 being provided with a cut-out portion 27 in alinement with the upper narrow portion 17 of the recem 16 tothereby prevent interference during the removal of the straws. The top of'the-body 10 atthe'front portion thereof is provided with a plate 28having' a, small recess 29 therein just large enough to permit one straw at a time. to pass therethrough, see Fig. 4:. As willbe undervent more than one "straw .ata time from being removed and also to prevent the straws, as they are lifted out, from lifting up the pivoted cover 24.

From the preceding description it will be seen that the holder which I have provided is relatively inexpensive to 'manufacture,

modifications may be made'without departing from the spirit of the invention, and all such changes and modifications are contemthe preferredstood, the function of the plate is to preat I plated as come within the scope of the claims I a pgended hereto. 5 I

s, will be noted, the spring pressed plate 21 engages the straws below the level of the bottom of the recess 16 so that it will have no tendency to press the straws out through the recess, but on the other hand will serve to keep the straws in a vertical position and furthermore, the converging front'walls 14 on the body member form .a guide directing the straws toward the opening from which they are removed.

I claim 1. A straw holder comprising a body adapted to hold straws therein, said body having a lateral straw delivery opening, through which straws may be successively grasped and withdrawn by the fingers; and means for pressing the straws toward said opening; the said body having means for preventing the straws from escaping from said opening until they are intentionally withdrawn.

2. A soda straw holder-having a body member, the front-of which is formed with the two walls thereof angularly arranged relative to each other, said body having a slot therein at the vertical angle between body adjacentsaid opening, substantially as specified.

4. A' soda straw holder of the character described including, in combination :a sheet metal body member having the front side thereof formed with converging surfaces andprovided with a slot at the angle formed between said surfaces, and through which the straws are adapted to be withdrawn; and spring controlled-means within the body member normally pressing the straws toward the front thereof, substantially as specified.

5. A soda straw holder of the character desciibed comprising, in combination: a sheet metal, vertically extending body mem- 'ber provided with an opening inthe front thereof, said opening extending entirely to the top of the body and being narrow at the top and wide enough at the bottom to permit the users fingers to enter therein to grasp a straw; a cover for said body member and means Ior pressing the straws toward the said opening, substantially as specified.

6. A soda straw holder of the character described comprising, in combination: a sheet metal body member having conver ing front walls and provided with a slot w iere said walls meet, said slot being narrowed at its upper end to prevent more than one straw at a time from being drawn therethrough and widened at its lower end to permit the users fingers to be inserted therethrough to grasp a straw; a platesecured to the top of said body adjacent the top of the wall therein, said plate having a recess permitting the passage of a single straw therethrough; and a cover for said box. 1

7. A soda straw holder of the character described comprising, in combination: a sheet metal body member substantially plowshape in cross section and having a recess in the front thereof, said recess being narrow at the top and wide at the bottom; a plate secured to the top of the body member adjacent said slot; a cover for said body mem ber; and a spring controlled plate normally pressing the straws toward the front of the box, substantially. as specified.

Signed this 1st day of December, 1913, in

the presence of two subscribing witnesses. JERVIS R. HARBECK.

Witnesses:

RALPH H. DRAKE,

A. M. SIEGEL. 

